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2024
oxonic_acid
oxonic acid
English
Noun
oxonic
acid
(
uncountable
)
(
organic chemistry
)
A
complex
nitrogenous
acid
, C
4
H
5
N
3
O
4
, not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its
salts
, by a slow
oxidation
of
uric acid
, to which it is related.
Etymology
Probable from
glyoxalic
and
carbonic
.
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